Murietta Poppies and Stuff

[Seefutlung]

A few snaps from Murietta, CA

#1

#2

#3

#4

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Gary

 

[abraxas]

Cool shots. #3 & #4 are very nice. I like the treatment on the lupine, #2.

Murietta seems a likely place for poppy fields.

 

[NateS]

These are really great. I think 2 and 4 are my favs as there's a stronger single focal point in the photo. On the first one, I'm sure it's just a hill, but the crooked horizon bothers me a little.

 

[logan9967]

love the backlit

 

[Seefutlung]

Cool shots. #3 & #4 are very nice. I like the treatment on the lupine, #2.

Murietta seems a likely place for poppy fields.

Thanks ... I'm a little partial on the Lupine.

Gary

 

[Seefutlung]

These are really great. I think 2 and 4 are my favs as there's a stronger single focal point in the photo. On the first one, I'm sure it's just a hill, but the crooked horizon bothers me a little.

Thanks NateS ... not much I can do 'bout the slope of the hill. Like yourself I am partial to #2.

Gary

 

[Seefutlung]

love the backlit

Thanks Logan ... 'ere another with back lighting

 

[MissMia]

Great shots Gary. 2 & 4 are great and I love the shot you just added.

 

[abraxas]

The shot you've added is very sweet also.

The combination reminds of the following;

"Again it was a Sweet Thursday in the spring. The sun took a leap toward summer and loosed the furled petals of the golden poppies. Before noon you could smell the spice of blue lupines from the fields around ... "
~Sweet Thursday Revisited - John Steinbeck

 

[Seefutlung]

Great shots Gary. 2 & 4 are great and I love the shot you just added.

Thanks ... so how's that leg?

Gary

 

[Seefutlung]

The shot you've added is very sweet also.

The combination reminds of the following;

"Again it was a Sweet Thursday in the spring. The sun took a leap toward summer and loosed the furled petals of the golden poppies. Before noon you could smell the spice of blue lupines from the fields around ... "
~Sweet Thursday Revisited - John Steinbeck

perfect ...

 

[MissMia]

Thanks ... so how's that leg?

Gary

Thank you for asking. I'm getting better. The ankle is healing well, but the ribs are still very tender. Hopefully just a few more weeks in the cast.

Thanks for sharing the great photos!

Christina

 

[tanqueray]

Amazing pictures. I love number 3 and the very last photo you posted just two posts above me.

Do you live in Murrieta? It's because I'm a resident of the city but I've never seen fields of flowers like the ones in your photos. Where in the city are they? I'm gonna have to take my camera and take a few flicks, haha.

 

[MarcusM]

great shots. I really like all but the 1st...that blown out sky kills it for me.

 

[abraxas]

perfect ...

Yep- :thumbup:

Funny how the first time I read it, it didn't stick. About ten years ago I heard it read while looking at a photo of a broad, rolling, canyon bursting with poppies and lupine. I think of the quote every time I see them now.